Plan ahead to apply for scholarships
1 January 2021 – 28 February 2021
1 March 2021 – 30 April 2021
1 May 2021 – 15 June 2021
Plan ahead to apply for scholarships
Start shaping your future today!
Earn your accredited Bachelor’s or Master’s degree. Join 85,000+ students on their way to success!
96% of student satisfaction
Get an awesome job within 3 months of graduation
This is why IU is the right choice for you
100% flexible, online or on-campus
State-approved & accredited
Personal service & support
94% of
employment rate
Build your International network
Start your study online at any time
Urban Management and Development
The 6-track MSc programme:
- Strategic Urban Planning & Policies
- Urban Housing, Equity & Social Justice
- Land Management: Law, Finance, Real Estate & Natural Resources
- Urban Economic Development: Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Urban Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
- Infrastructure & Green Cities
Strategic Urban Planning & Policies
This programme focuses on how urban planning and policy making responds to urban dynamics and how different stakeholders are engaged in the co-creation of a commonly desired urban development.
Graduates are able to assess socio-spatial dynamics in a city, identify and engage with stakeholders in a planning process and come up with creative solutions to complex urban problems.
Urban Housing, Equity & Social Justice
This programme focuses on evaluating the complex process of providing adequate housing from a human rights and gender perspective. Graduates will be able to apply different assessment tools including stakeholder analysis,housing needs assessment and climate change adaptation strategies in housing.
Land Management: Law, Finance, Real Estate & Natural Resources
This programme focuses on how land and natural resources are accessed, managed and how these aspects contribute to, or hinder the development of equitable and sustainable cities. Graduates will be able to navigate the relationships and conflicts between urban stakeholders and provide good governance solutions that deliver integrated natural resource management to cities.
Urban Economic Development: Innovation & Entrepreneurship
This programme examines how cities foster innovation and entrepreneurship to drive growth and build economic resilience in a competitive globalised economy. Graduates will be able to interpret real-world data to deliver innovative solutions for economic resilience in the context of an unstable global economic climate.
Urban Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
This programme focuses on different conceptual, analytical and practical approaches to foster sustainable, smart, and climate-resilient cities worldwide. Smart and resilient cities are essential in tackling the growing threat of climate instability. In this programme you will gain the qualifications to become an urban development professional specialised in environment, sustainability and climate change management.
Infrastructure & Green Cities
In the face of continuous urban growth, the need for cities to become greener and more sustainable has never been more pressing. In this programme you will gain the qualifications to become an urban development professional specialised in green city infrastructure management.
Graduates are able to manage switches to a circular economy, renewable energy, green transport and infrastructure (incl. drainage) and sanitation, and the provision of drinking water.
Choose among the best programmes
Boost your career. Earn a dual degree
With the IU and LSBU (London South Bank University) dual degree track, you get a unique opportunity – graduate with both a German and a British graduation certificate, without any extra academic requirements.
What is it like to be an IU student?
At IU, the largest private university in Germany you will enjoy a flexible and advanced learning method that works around your lifestyle, online or on-campus.
Wherever you are or wherever you come from, the IU professors will be 100% available for you!
Get to know more about the events and student activities!
Learn from anywhere and at any time — using a fully integrated digital platform, innovative learning tools and virtual classrooms.
Urban Management and Development
The 6-track MSc programme:
- Strategic Urban Planning & Policies
- Urban Housing, Equity & Social Justice
- Land Management: Law, Finance, Real Estate & Natural Resources
- Urban Economic Development: Innovation & Entrepreneurship
- Urban Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
- Infrastructure & Green Cities
Strategic Urban Planning & Policies
This programme focuses on how urban planning and policy making responds to urban dynamics and how different stakeholders are engaged in the co-creation of a commonly desired urban development.
Graduates are able to assess socio-spatial dynamics in a city, identify and engage with stakeholders in a planning process and come up with creative solutions to complex urban problems.
Urban Housing, Equity & Social Justice
This programme focuses on evaluating the complex process of providing adequate housing from a human rights and gender perspective. Graduates will be able to apply different assessment tools including stakeholder analysis,housing needs assessment and climate change adaptation strategies in housing.
Land Management: Law, Finance, Real Estate & Natural Resources
This programme focuses on how land and natural resources are accessed, managed and how these aspects contribute to, or hinder the development of equitable and sustainable cities. Graduates will be able to navigate the relationships and conflicts between urban stakeholders and provide good governance solutions that deliver integrated natural resource management to cities.
Urban Economic Development: Innovation & Entrepreneurship
This programme examines how cities foster innovation and entrepreneurship to drive growth and build economic resilience in a competitive globalised economy. Graduates will be able to interpret real-world data to deliver innovative solutions for economic resilience in the context of an unstable global economic climate.
Urban Environment, Sustainability & Climate Change
This programme focuses on different conceptual, analytical and practical approaches to foster sustainable, smart, and climate-resilient cities worldwide. Smart and resilient cities are essential in tackling the growing threat of climate instability. In this programme you will gain the qualifications to become an urban development professional specialised in environment, sustainability and climate change management.
Infrastructure & Green Cities
In the face of continuous urban growth, the need for cities to become greener and more sustainable has never been more pressing. In this programme you will gain the qualifications to become an urban development professional specialised in green city infrastructure management.
Graduates are able to manage switches to a circular economy, renewable energy, green transport and infrastructure (incl. drainage) and sanitation, and the provision of drinking water.
